Kim Jong Un expected to ring in 2019 with big policy speech. With an annual speech expected to lay out his top priorities for the year ahead, Kim Jong Un will be keeping North Korea watchers busy on New Year's Day >>

Kim Jong Un faces mounting pressure to get sanction relief for North Korea. North Koreans are going without heat during an incredibly cold winter, says Jean Lee, director at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. >>

Kim Jong Un is upgrading North Korea's pop culture. But the isolated nation's cultural renaissance remains firmly within parameters set by Kim, and it's unclear what's driving it >>

Kim Jong Un's 2019 game plan for North Korea awaits. Kim Jong Un shocked the world in 2018 by transforming his image from nuclear-armed tyrant to global statesman. >>

North Korea and Kim Jong Un: Meet the known key players in the regime. Here's what you need to know about the key players in Kim Jong Un's regime. >>

North Korea Built an Alternative Financial System Using a Shadowy Network of Traders. The Kim Jong Un regime moves millions of dollars around the world despite sanctions and pressure on international banks to curtail its activities. The hidden system is central to the country’s efforts to keep its economy afloat. >>

North Korea election: Surprise as leader Kim Jong-un 'not on ballot'. The rubberstamp election in North Korea saw a predictable result - but with one historic first. >>

North Korea in nine charts. What can statistics tell us about life in Kim Jong-un's secretive country? >>

North Korea test-fires a new tactical guided weapon. Kim Jong Un calls it an "event of very weighty significance.". North Korea test-fires a new tactical guided weapon. Kim Jong Un calls it an "event of very weighty significance." >>

North Korea upgrading its capital's transit with new subway cars, streetcars. Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with brand-new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim Jong Un is raising the country's standard of living. >>

Nuclear tyrant or global statesman? Kim Jong Un's 2019 game plan for North Korea awaits. Kim Jong Un shocked the world in 2018 by transforming his image from nuclear-armed tyrant to global statesman. >>

WATCH: Kim Jong Un answers question from a Western press reporter. The leader of North Korea said he has "a feeling good results would come out" of the summit. >>